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From: "David Sisson" <>
Subject: Re: [SP] Light box
Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2002 13:52:06 -0500
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Jeff wrote
> Don't know just how other scanners might be constructed, but it might be
> easier to fashion a holder for the larger negatives than a special light
> box. It would depend on the size of the light source in the scanner
> lid. On the Epson 2450 it is roughly 4 1/2 x 11 and comes with a couple
> adapters, but odd sizes just need a way to hold them flat and in
> position. I would image that a thin piece of clean glass placed on top
> of the negative before closing the lid might work.

I'd have bought an Epson 2450 if I'd known how large its transparency
adaptor is. My HP 5470c will accept only a 35 mm negative strip of four.

So I'm going to try the light box method. With the XPA function - or the
slide function - activated, which disables the light from underneath.

David Sisson



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